Improvement in bale-ties



No. 120.,045. Patentedom. 17,1871.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SPBAGUEN DAVIS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,045, dated October17, 1871; antedated October 11, 1871.

To all whom fitrmay concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN SPRAGUEN DAvIs, of Louisville, in the countyof Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulVImprovement in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing formingpart of this specification.

' Figure l is a top view4 of my improved baletie. Fig. 2 is a detaillongitudinal section of the same, taken through the line x, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is an under-side view of the same, the band and keys being removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

My invention relates to the combination of side and cross-bars with keysto form a bale-tie; and consists in an improved construction of theparts, as hereinafter fully described, and subsequently clearly pointedout in the claim.

The body of the tie consists of two short curved side bars, A, connectedat their ends by two cross-bars, B. The inner edges of the middle partsof the side bars B project inward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so as t0form lips b', which, in connection with the side bars A, form seats forthe keys C. The outer sides of the keys (l have an edge or acute angleformed upon them to t into the seat formed for them between the sidebars A and the lips b of the end bars B. The inner sides of the keys Oare rounded ofi', as shown in Fig. 2. The ties are applied by bendingthe ends of the bale-bands into loops, which are passed down through thetie A B, and through which the keys O are passed. When strain comes uponthe band the curvature of the side bars A forces the keys C closeagainst the lips b of lthe end or cross-bars B, clamping the ends of thebands between the said keys and lips with a force proportioned to thestrain upon the bands. The rounded form of the keys O prevents the endsof the bands from being bent so sharply as to make said bands liable tobreak under the action of cold or when bent cold.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with the band D, of the keys C O andthe buckle herein described, having curved side bars A A and cross-barsB B, the latter provided with lips b b', when all are constructed andarranged as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN SPRAGUEN DAVIS. Witnesses:

A. AMILl-E, H. C. MEADER.

